On 6
December the UN Human Rights Committee received an individual communication by
Aleh Hryshkautsou, sentenced to death on 14 May 2010. The death convict argues that
his right to fair trial provided by the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights was abused by the Belarusian judiciary. The communication also
demands to apply measures of interim protection and suspend the execution.

The
communication was registered by the Committee under # 2013/2010.

According
to human rights defender Raman Kisliak, who assisted Mr. Hryshkautsou in
submitting the complaint, ‘the criminal case was not considered by an unbiased
court, which could be clearly seen from subjective statements of judges during
the trial.’ The activist also claims that the convict’s presumption of
innocence was violated, sue to a number of biased statements of the trial
participants before the verdict.